The Edge of Heaven

The Goethe-Institut Ottawa's monthly thematic film series on German cinema at Saint Paul University.

The Edge of Heaven (Auf der anderen Seite)

Germany, Turkey, Italy, 2007
Director: Fatih Akin
With: Baki Davrak, Nursel Köse, Hanna Schygulla, Tunçel Kurtiz, Nurgül Yeşilçay, Patrycia Ziołkowska, Yelda Reynaud, Lars Rudolph

Nejat seems disapproving about his widower father Ali′s choice of prostitute Yeter for a live-in girlfriend. But he grows fond of her when he discovers she sends money home to Turkey for her daughter′s university studies. Yeter′s sudden death distances father and son. Nejat travels to Istanbul to search for Yeter′s daughter Ayten. Political activist Ayten has fled the Turkish police and is already in Germany. She is befriended by a young woman, Lotte, who invites rebellious Ayten to stay in her home, a gesture not particularly pleasing to her mother Susanne, a disillusioned 60ies hippie turned conservative. When Ayten is arrested and her asylum plea is denied, she is deported and imprisoned in Turkey. Lotte travels to Turkey, where she gets caught up in the seemingly hopeless situation of freeing Ayten... - filmportal.de

 

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